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It can often feel like dominant culture asks us to take on blind optimism: to believe that science and technology will “save the day,” where “saving the day” looks something like preserving the status quo. But if you’re reading this, that shade of optimism likely feels naive, manipulative, exploitative, or simply irresponsible. If we give up on blind optimism, must we embrace pessimism? Of course not. Let’s explore the shades of optimism that become available to us when we reject the blindness dominant systems ask us to accept. Dark Optimism and Urgent Optimism are a couple shades that have their own followings. Let’s learn about those shades, and consider what shade of optimism you bring to our future. 

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